Author's note: I hope it was worth the wait since I've been so slow.
The Beginning is the End
"Talking"
'Mind Talk'
Stressed WordKagome walked over to her window and pressed a hand against it. She looked towards Koenma and he nodded. He told Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei to go and defend if there was any breach. Kagome closed her eyes and let a pulse of ki come from her before she opened her eyes and turned around to face many faces. Koenma immediately went back to spirit world to get help. Sesshoumaru stood up along with Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, I'm going to need ki," Kagome said.
"You don't even have to ask," Inuyasha said with a smirk.
"Good. Because I wasn't," Kagome said with a smirk of her own.
"I'll give ki," Kurama said. Kagome nodded with a worried look before kissed his cheek and faced the new people.
"Sora and Kohaku, I need you to go find Kuwabara and Yusuke and help them. Natsu and Shippo I need you to look after my family," Kagome said.
"I'll get Kurama's mother," Natsu said as he opened the window and flew off.
"I'm better off in battle," Sango said as she whistled out the open window. Soon enough Kirara was battle ready with Sango's weapons.
"Still need more warriors?" Kouga asked with Ayame at his side.
"Thank you," Kagome said as he raced with Ayame out towards a guaranteed battle.
"Leaving me out?" Kagura questioned before she ran and jumped out the window only to land on feather.
"The press will have a field day with this," Miroku mumbled.
"Let's go!" Kagome yelled as she opened a portal to the barrier's control room. Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, Miroku, Kurama, and Kagome had stepped through. Koenma was presently yelling at some ogres about maintenance. Kagome pushed the two ogres out of the room before locking the door and walking over to the ki monitors.
"Where does this thing get its ki?" Kurama asked.
"From me and the world," Kagome whispered.
"Ahem," Koenma coughed.
"And from him and Emma-o," Kagome sheepishly added.
"How are we going to fill this thing back to normal?" Inuyasha asked.
Miroku walked over and began to key in a bunch of codes. Soon six platforms were revealed. Kagome walked over and looked them over before nodding to Miroku.
"How does he know how to work this," Kurama asked.
"Because he helped create it," Kagome explained.
Yusuke and Kuwabara stood in the middle of a panicking Japan when the barrier would flicker on and off. It would leave a youkai or two escape from Makai. Yusuke rubbed his nose and stuck his tongue out at the youkai. Kuwabara soon began to panic as soon as he saw this.
"What the hell are you doing, Urameshi?" Kuwabara yelled.
"Taunting them," Yusuke replied.
"Do you think we'll live through this?" Kuwabara suddenly asked. Yusuke paused in his actions to think.
"I don't know," Yusuke slowly said.
"Look only a thousand broke out," Yusuke sarcastically said.
"Lets make a deal," Kuwabara said as he used his spirit sword to cut throw five youkai.
"What?" Yusuke yelled as he punched a few youkai down.
"Whoever dies gets to kick the other's ass in spirit world," Kuwabara shouted before he froze. A cat youkai's claws were inches from his face. The head soon slide off the body as Hiei jumped away.
"Deal!" Yusuke yelled with enthusiasm.
"Need help?" A female voice purred as she used poisoned tipped neko-te to cut the youkai she clawed.
"Baka Ningen, I need no help," Hiei growled as she took out his targets.
"Don't talk to Sora that way," Kohaku warned as he used his Kusarikama on a few approaching youkai.
"Who sent you two?" Yusuke asked as he took out more youkai.
"Kagome did," Sango answered as she jumped into battle with Kagura and the two wolf demons.
"Nobody better die on me," Yusuke shouted as more came through the barrier.
"Everybody get on a platform!" Kagome yelled as she sensed something bad. She jumped on the last platform making sure the last one was empty, for that was the spare.
"When you start to feel dizzy or drained, step off the platform," Miroku advised as he hoped Sango was doing well.
The youkai energy collected from Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru was a faint green that began to darken as the amount of ki rose. Kurama's ki was a yellow since it wasn't youkai or human. Koenma's ki was a gold since he was a spirit and was neither the living nor the dead. Kagome's ki was an ice pink and not the normal color of a holy person or spiritually aware person. The reason for this was because she was apart of the Tama and the Tama was apart of her. They were each other's halves.
"It's going up, but its only half way!" Miroku yelled. He saw them nod and knew that this attempt was going to fail, if there wasn't a miracle. He was sick of the miracles that his group got. He looked up and saw the monitor was being powered by his energy. The youkai were pouring through and they couldn't keep up. Miroku ran over to the last platform and began to offer his ki. His ki was a blue, for he had spiritual powers like a Miko.
Yusuke cursed as he wiped the blood from his mouth and continued to fight. It had been an hour and nothing! Kuwabara was beginning to tire and lose spirit energy thus making his attacks weaker. Kagura scowled knowing that if she released her ultimate attack that half the city would be destroyed. Kouga and Ayame attacked repeatedly as they tried to help the humans. Sora and Kohaku knew that they couldn't fail, because then they would fail Kagome.
"This is irritating," Hiei growled as he attacked the demons.
"The mess you're in sure is a wiggle," an Irish accented voice declared.
Yusuke looked up and grinned as he punched another youkai down. Above him in the air was sitting a confused wind master. The wind master shook his hair causing his messy red hair to shake around the white horn that he had. His blue eyes met Yusuke and he began to laugh as he watched Yusuke.
"Get down here and help Jin!" Yusuke yelled.
"Is that the greetin' I git after the years?" Jin asked with a smirk.
"Hello, now fight!" Yusuke called up.
"You're too impatient," Jin scolded as he began to attack the flooding youkai.
Koenma ran over to the monitor and smiled when he saw Jin finally arrive. He looked over and saw that the barrier's ki level was still at half. He frowned and shook his head as he stared at the others on the platform. They ki levels were becoming too low to survive. Sure enough a pink light pushed the others off their platforms. A barrier surrounded the platforms not letting any through. Kurama turned around and pressed his hands against the barrier, ignoring the burning. Kagome opened her eyes and they were pure pink, she smiled gently at him.
"Koenma turn it up!" Kagome ordered.
"But-"
"No buts! This is my responsibility!" Kagome interrupted.
Koenma understood and with a nod he increased the gathering of her ki. His mouth dropped opened as the pink ki was joined by white ki and blue ki. Inuyasha began to pound on the barrier as he watched Kagome fall to her knees.
"She's offering her life ki," Miroku whispered.
"She also offering her spiritual ki as well," Kurama whispered.
It was a combined light of pink, blue, and white. Koenma looked down at the monitor and saw that the barrier was back to full energy. Kurama looked Kagome in the eyes before she smiled and mouthed 'I love you.' She fell to her side and yelled at Koenma to keep going until it was full. Kagome's vision went pink and she knew that she barely conscious. She was back in the jewel.
'Are you willing to give up your life for them?' Midoriko asked.
'I thought you were free,' Kagome whispered.
'I am free, but I am apart of you,' Midoriko answered.
'I would die for them…for him,' Kagome truthfully said.
'You could survive this,' Midoriko began.
'How?' Kagome curiously asked.
'If you lose the right amount of ki you would age like a human again and the Shikon no Tama would vanish from existence,' Midoriko finished.
"The barrier's back to normal!" Koenma shouted in joy as he cheered.
Kagome's barrier vanished as soon as Miroku shut the ki drainer off. Koenma looked up and the monitor and saw that most of the youkai were dead or sent back to Makai. He did a little dance, but stopped as soon as he saw Kurama holding Kagome. Everyone froze when they looked upon the separated again couple. Miroku began to pray for her soul before he heard a cough.
"I'm not dead yet," Kagome said in a gritty voice.
"Don't. Do. That. Again!" Kurama warned as he held her close. She reached up and touched her neck to find the Tama gone. She sighed and snuggled into his embrace happy to be back to normal (Literally).
"How will this be explained?" Inuyasha asked Sesshoumaru.
"Movie?" Sesshoumaru said as he shrugged.
"Kagome, your aura has changed back to human," Miroku stated.
"I used up all my ki, and the only way for me to live was to be human again," Kagome explained.
Koenma smiled with knowing eyes before he called Hiei. He told Hiei to burn all the bodies. Hiei nodded before he looked at the clear sky and made sure the barrier was in place. Using his Jagan he erased as many Ningen's minds as possible before he burned all the youkai's bodies. Yusuke and everyone quickly left the area. The youkai that helped took on their human appearance before leaving. Yusuke ran home to check Keiko and then his mother. Kuwabara checked his kitty and his sister before running to Yukina.
Kagome smiled as she returned back home with Kurama in tow. She smiled knowing that this time she could age die with loved ones. She pulled Kurama up the Shrine steps finally able to introduce her current mate/fiancée to some and many. Kagome didn't know if she introduced them to him, but at this point she was incredibly in high spirits. Life had taken away her burdens and left her to live her life with her once lost love. Sure, they would age and eventually die, but they could always find each other again and again.
The End